[Verse 1]
In a matter of time, there'll be a friend of mine
Gonna come to the coast, you're going to see him up close
For a minute or two
While the ground cracks under you

[Verse 2]
By the look in your eyes, you'd think that it was a surprise
But you seem to forget something somebody said
About the bubbles in the sea
And an ocean full of trees and you now

[Chorus]
L.A. uptight city in the smog, city in the smog
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?

[Verse 3]
Well, it's hard to believe, so you get up to leave
And you laugh at the door that you heard it all before
Oh, it's so good to know
That it's all just a show for you

[Verse 4]
But when the suppers are bland and the freeways are crammed
And the mountains erupt and the valley is sucked
Into cracks in the earth
Will I finally be heard by you?

[Chorus]
L.A. uptight city in the smog, city in the smog
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?